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As a lighting designer for over 25 years, I have helped create an incredible array of environments. Lighting, a crucial part of any event, helps enhance the mood while creating a logical path for eye to follow. It is with this approach that I speak as a digital photographer and image maker.

(well, thats all I have for now. Check back soon for more profound words....LOL)

Aug032014

Chasing the light along the Oregon Coast

“The greatest discoveries have come from people who have looked at a standard situation and seen it differently.” – Ira Erwin

So I decided to use a different technique to pull out some of the details in the dark shadows of a few older images from the archives. As you must know by now, my normal process of dragging brackets into Photomatix is usually where I start. I still did that, but wasn’t at all happy with the results. I then tried out another process of double processing and taking each of those files into Photoshop, and then refining a bit in Lightroom.

I go through this in a bit more detail in a course I am working on that I hope to release really soon! In fact, I think I might add this one to the series!

A funny thing about this one is I don’t remember ever seeing those crazy colored starfish when I captured this one! Amazing what lurks in those deep dark shadows 🙂